Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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I planted the seed, now you must work a lot otherwise the tiny plant will die.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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If we become aware of its limitations and compulsions, we can transcend them.
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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don't take a break.
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By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
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Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.
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Freedom in a posture is when every joint is active.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line. A yogi sees things in every movement he makes, maybe when practicing, maybe when teaching, or maybe when talking to people. You should have courage in your convictions and pursue what is dear to you all these years.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Where there is yoga,
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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.